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TIL the company of Cards Against Humanity paid to buy the island of Hawaii 2 (in Maine ofc)

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E5Po TIL that there are 112 (and possibly more) ways of proving the Pythagoras Theorem.
XERb8 TIL Psychology researchers found that listening to heavy metal music is a healthy way of processing negative emotions. It does not make people more violent. Some research shows that metalheads are less likely to cheat on their partners than jazz listeners.
jKkM TIL Edward Norton commented on smashing the Volkswagen Beetle in fight club by saying, “We smash it … because it seemed like the classic example of a Baby Boomer generation marketing plan that sold culture back to us.”
m1GMP TIL what you would see if an object moved past you at twice the speed of light. Since the object is moving faster than the photons you need to see it, the object would suddenly appear at your location, then seem to split into two and move away from you in both directions.
0aX1 TIL approximately 7% of lethal injection executions are botched in the United States.